Supreme Court denies Trump request in Mar-a-Lago classified docs case

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Trump loses in court... again. The Supreme Court on Thursday denied an emergency appeal from former President Donald Trump, who asked the nation's highest court to weigh in on a dispute over classified records seized at his Mar-a-Lago club in August. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas referred the request to the court, which did not explain its reasoning for the denial in an unsigned order. There were no noted dissents. Trump, who has fought the Department of Justice's review of those documents since August in court as well as on the campaign trail, asked the Supreme Court to allow an independent arbiter, or special master, to review about 100 classified documents. The Justice Department pushed back on that request in a filing Tuesday, telling the Supreme Court that Trump – as a former president – had no claim on the documents. 2.4k Donald Trump Donald Trump Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas USA TODAY Supreme Court denies Trump request in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case John Fritze and Bart Jansen, USA TODAY Thu, October 13, 2022 at 1:20 PM·2 min read In this article: Donald Trump Donald Trump 45th President of the United States Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas US Supreme Court justice since 1991 (born 1948) WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday denied an emergency appeal from former President Donald Trump, who asked the nation's highest court to weigh in on a dispute over classified records seized at his Mar-a-Lago club in August. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas referred the request to the court, which did not explain its reasoning for the denial in an unsigned order. There were no noted dissents. Trump, who has fought the Department of Justice's review of those documents since August in court as well as on the campaign trail, asked the Supreme Court to allow an independent arbiter, or special master, to review about 100 classified documents. The Justice Department pushed back on that request in a filing Tuesday, telling the Supreme Court that Trump – as a former president – had no claim on the documents. The Supreme Court's decision is the latest step in a convoluted dispute playing out in four federal courts: the Supreme Court, the Atlanta-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, U.S. District Court in Florida and a special master’s court in Brooklyn. Though a loss for Trump, the decision will not end the litigation over the records.